Example sentences of "[is] [conj] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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1 | What the lectures at the Royal Institution seem to indicate is that despite these changes the age of ‘ two cultures ’ was still some way off ; at the elite level , those interested in the advance of science also wanted to hear about other cultural activity . |
2 | What is certain is that for countless ages the greatest mountain range on earth will continue to form an impenetrable barrier to the terrestrial animals that live north and south of it . |
3 | The only concession to scale is that for obvious reasons the lift buttons are situated outside the cars ! |
4 | What is clear is that for different reasons the Nordic states were disinclined to pursue closer economic integration wholeheartedly , or were at least following their customary practice of slow and cautious deliberation to try to pinpoint and resolve in advance any possible difficulties . |
5 | The problem is that for some letters the majority of features which occur in upper and lowercase forms ( like E and e ) are different . |
6 | First day or Last Day , Rest Day or Resurrection Day , the abiding Christian belief is that within three days the worst that humans could do to a man was transformed by the power of divine love into the greatest news story of history : ‘ Jesus lives ! ’ |
7 | The one reservation with this technique is that in certain years the numbers of L3 which overwinter are sufficient to cause heavy infections in the spring and clinical ostertagiasis can occur in calves in April and May . |
8 | The chief difference is that in practical problems the material facts often lie buried in a much larger mass of immaterial detail , while the examination problem contains comparatively little beyond the material facts . |
9 | Perhaps the most honest judicial statement in this area came from Lord Denning : The truth is that in many cases the legislature has left the point open … |
10 | The short answer is that in many countries the fact that there is a Constitution does make a difference . |
11 | But of greater importance for the social anthropologists themselves is that in many societies the distinction between biological kinship and sociological kinship is quite clearly recognized and the degree of their identification or dissociation is a matter of formal rules : " Copulation and marriage are not the same thing " or : " Copulation and marriage are the same thing " as the case may be . |
12 | The story , in brief , is that in colonial times the British banks would not lend to Sri Lankans , except to the very wealthy or very influential . |
13 | The outcome is that in recent years the N.A.C. list has been ignored by serious anglers who are aware of the N.A.S.A . |
14 | The difficulty in assessing this point is that in most cases the normal justification can not be established unless the putative authority enjoys some measure of recognition , and exercises power over its subjects . |
15 | From the economic point of view , the problem is that in most cases the US antitrust process is concerned with deciding whether conduct has been illegal , rather than with the appraisal of the economic consequences of whatever conduct may have taken place . |
16 | A further problem is that in most cases the witnesses ’ recollections of the events may have been biased by descriptions already given in interviews with the police and discussions they may have had with others . |
17 | Broadly , the reason for this is that in smaller populations the selection of an extreme value for the sample would have a greater effect on the calculation of any value for that sample if the sample was also small as a ratio of the population . |
18 | What has to be shown he said , is that by deliberate acts the court order has been defied and broken and accordingly a contempt of court has taken place . |
19 | The question which has arisen is whether in these circumstances the beneficial joint tenancy was severed before Mrs. Dennis ' death . |